Intel Joins Musk's $25B Terafab as Foundry Partner
Intel will use its 18A process node to manufacture chips for the Tesla-SpaceX-xAI joint venture targeting 1 terawatt of AI compute annually - and claims $2B in CHIPS Act subsidies in the process.
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Microsoft Open-Sources Runtime Security for AI Agents
Microsoft released the Agent Governance Toolkit, a seven-package open-source system that enforces policies on autonomous AI agents at sub-millisecond latency and covers all 10 OWASP agentic risks.
EXAONE 4.5: LG's Open VLM Beats GPT-5-mini on STEM
LG AI Research released EXAONE 4.5, a 33B open-weight vision-language model that posts higher STEM scores than GPT-5-mini and Claude 4.5 Sonnet - but a non-commercial license caps its real-world reach.
Intel Arc Pro B70 Brings 32GB VRAM to Local AI for $949
Intel's Arc Pro B70 launched on March 25 with 32GB GDDR6 and 367 TOPS for $949, undercutting NVIDIA's RTX Pro 4000 by $850. The hardware case is strong. The software story is not.
AI Agent Failures Need Escrow, Not Just Safety Training
Researchers from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Columbia propose financial guardrails for AI agents, with simulations showing up to 61% reduction in user losses.
Perplexity Hits $450M ARR After Agents Pivot
Perplexity's annual recurring revenue crossed $450M in March after a 50% single-month jump driven by its Computer agent platform - not search.
Microsoft Commits $10B to Japan AI Infrastructure
Microsoft pledges $10B to Japan for AI data centers, cybersecurity cooperation, and workforce training from 2026 to 2029, partnering with SoftBank and Sakura Internet.
The Priest Who Helped Write Claude's Conscience
Father Brendan McGuire, a 60-year-old Silicon Valley priest and former tech executive, helped Anthropic rewrite the Claude Constitution after the company asked the Vatican for help because AI was moving too fast.
Anthropic Launches Managed Agents - Runs Your AI for You
Anthropic released Claude Managed Agents in public beta today, a fully managed platform that handles sandboxing, state, and tool execution so developers can skip building agent infrastructure from scratch.
Databricks CTO Wins ACM Prize, Says AGI Is Already Here
Matei Zaharia wins the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing and claims AGI has arrived, but his own argument - and a $134B company's incentives - complicate the picture.
Meta Muse Spark Launches, Ranks 4th Among Frontier Models
Meta Superintelligence Labs releases Muse Spark, its first AI model built from scratch in nine months, landing 4th on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
Eclipse Raises $1.3B to Back and Build Physical AI
Eclipse Ventures closed two funds totaling $1.3B to build and back physical AI companies in robotics, defense, and manufacturing as investor conviction shifts from software to machines.
